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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Navy Boot Camp - Ma, 1969 & God's Sense of Humor
Who says God has no sense of humor. It was about November, 1968, during my 4th semester in college at age..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Infiltration Course
It was the Fall of 1954 when I was undergoing basic training at Fort Knox, Kentucky. We had marched from..
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MUSIC KNOWS NO END
First week into Boot-Camp, San Diego, California, 1954. My company learned how to wash its clothes and how to properly..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic training
One memory that stands out was marching everywhere. I don't remember much about what we ate in the chow hall, but..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My Army Intro at Ft. Leonard Wood
I entered active duty at Ft. Leonard Wood on Jan 9, 1965. I was an enlisted reservist. Three things; good..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
A Home in the Navy
A cousin who was a close friend was in the Navy and he sold me on the benefits of the..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Times are a Changing
It was February 1971. Fort Campbell Kentucky, Home of the 101st Airborne! Elvis was even here! So, here I..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
In God We Trust
As veterans we were all "Beach Boys." Whether we served at home or in Foreign Lands. We were always there..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My first day in military service
Like many 18 year old's, I joined the military during WWII. My very first day I remember going through my..
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IN YOUR OWN WORDS
Korean War Leadership and Leftist Revolution - America Betrayed
Terrible war leadership of presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman led to Korean debacle.
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Join The Navy Learn to swim
Having made up my mind to join the Navy,(My choice), in 1957, I was sent off to boot camp in..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Airman Looses It at Attention!
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Bootcamp
Dec.2nd,1967 I arrive at Great Lakes Naval Training Station at app. 2:00AM with approximately 100 other boots. We are greeted by..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
It was the best of times it was the worst of times
Spending a winter in boot camp at Great Lakes Training Center was not my smartest decision. I clearly remember spending..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic @ Overseas
It was not a question - I intended to enlist in the USAF after having such a great senior year..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Telling a mop I was sorry for stealing it !!
Basic training 1966 Fort Riley, Kansas, we were the first to occupy the barracks since the 50's so a major..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
My Friend, The Riifle
In autumn, 1946, at age eighteen, I reported as Seaman Recruit to the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. On one..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Basic 1973
Well my story is as a 17 year old. In platoon formation and drilling Ft Leonard, MO. Well, somewhere during..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
MCRD Parris Island 1955
I went to Buffalo, NY to enlist in the Navy. Getting off on the 4th floor all I saw..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
COLD-NATURED HAWAIIAN
I entered Army Basic Training October 1983 at Ft. Leonard "Lost in The Woods", Missouri. I don't think there could..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
BASIC TRAINING
I TOOK BASIC TRAINING IN SEPT '49. TWO THINGS STUCK IN MY MIND, FOOT LOCKERS & DRILL. YOU HAD TO FALLOUT,..
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Fort Dix 1977
December 6th 1977. Arrived at Fort Dix for Basic Combat Training. None of us had any clue what we were..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Global Warming
I went into Basic Training at Ft. Bliss, Texas April 1966 (Bliss is not the correct name for it) and..
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VOLUNTEERING
Teaching English
Lake Hiawatha, NJ
I did my time in Vietnam, but to this day I cannot get the country or the people out of..
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Guard duty
Parsippany, NJ
I remember one time after I came home on an emergency leave from Nam' and was then assigned to a..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
Hot, Humid and Invaluable
I entered Army Basic Training in June 1, 1988 at Fort Jackson, SC. I quickly learned to fear, then..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
The Amercian Legion
Went to basic in Jan 7,1972. helping Private Roberts, he was from Kentucky, become a Marine 13 weeks later.
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MY TIME IN UNIFORM
Army topographic computer
Sergeant Bluff, IA
I saw Lloyd A. Sturtevant in a post from January 30, 2015. I served with him. I served from Feburary 1966..
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MEMORIES OF BASIC TRAINING
THE FLYING 7
MY MOM SIGNED FOR ME, AS I WAS ABOUT 5 DAYS SHY OF 17, WHEN I CAUGHT A BUS TO..
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Home for 1967 Christmas
I was drafted on Nov. 28,1967 and sent to Fort Ord for Basic. About three weeks later we were told..
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